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Great Yarmouth Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Great Yarmouth Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
25,156Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 19,384 approved or refused records
2,321Refused applications

17,063 approved · 2,321 refused · 1,098 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Oct 1998 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas23 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas18 mapped area records1 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/07/0796/F

    Shutters and aluminium shop front with glass and alterations and extensions to rear

    29 St Peters Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3BQ

    Received 6 Sept 2007
  2. WITHDRAWN06/07/0370/F

    Installation of Automated Teller Machine

    39-40 Barkis Road Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 3ED NR30 3ED

    Received 16 Apr 2007
  3. EST/LAW USE CER.06/25/1099/PU

    Application for a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use or Development: Proposed erection of a single storey flat roof side extension.

    20 Adams Drive Bradwell NR31 9XY

    Received 22 Dec 2025
  4. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/24/0407/F

    Single storey side extension and internal reconfiguration of the dwelling layout to provide accommodation for a carer and create an annex for semi-independent living within the household

    The Rockies Back Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9QJ

    Received 17 May 2024
  5. ADV. REFUSAL Conditions/Reasons06/08/0481/A

    Proposed installation of 10 No. non illuminated frames to house advertising banners

    Hopton Filling Station Lowestoft Road Hopton Great Yarmouth NR31 9AH

    Received 20 Jun 2008
  6. APPROVED BY NCC06/09/0353/SU

    Erection of aluminium frame canopy

    Cliff Park High School Kennedy Avenue Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 6TA

    Received 2 Jun 2009
  7. WITHDRAWN06/20/0147/CD

    Discharge of Condition 4 of planning application 06/19/0712/F - acoustic report

    Anglia Co-Operative Society Ltd Blackbird Close Bradwell NR31 9ER

    Received 1 Apr 2020
  8. Undecided06/26/0537/VCF

    Variation of conditions 2 and 8 - approved plans and details of surface water drainage scheme of pp 06/221095/VCF, to allow for a revised surface water drainage scheme that prevents conflict with remediation strategy and landscaping plan - Revised development description

    Abbeville Lodge Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SE

    Received 30 Jun 2026
  9. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0201/F

    Single storey side and rear extension

    5 Fairisle Drive Caister on Sea Great Yarmouth NR30 5UQ

    Received 30 Mar 2011
  10. Accept Amend Notice06/26/0033/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment for Conditions 3 and 8 of pp 06/19/0676/O (Outline planning application with all matters reserved, except access, for up to 665 dwellings) - Amendments to: 'Phasing and Delivery Plan' - to allow for simultaneous delivery of Phases 2 and 3 and 'Density and Building Heights Parameter Plan' - to allow for part change from single storey to up to 2 storeys

    Land at Nova Scotia Farm West of Jack Chase Way Caister-on-Sea

    Received 14 Jan 2026
  11. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/1122/F

    Extension to side

    35 Clydesdale Rise Bradwell Great Yarmouth

    Received 8 Dec 2003
  12. LIST.BLD.APP Conditions/Reasons06/05/0818/LB

    Retrospective application, replacement of existing six windows

    Larch Apartment Koolunga House High Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 0PB

    Received 18 Oct 2005
  13. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0387/F

    Proposed single storey side extension

    9 Willow Way Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4SH

    Received 12 Jun 2013
  14. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/11/0791/F

    Photovoltaic roof mounted system

    Beacon Innovation Centre Camelot Road Beacon Park Great Yarmouth NR31 7RA

    Received 13 Dec 2011
  15. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/13/0204/F

    Renewal of Planning Permission 06/08/0744/F for continued use of land as a public car park

    Car Park Howard Street South Great Yarmouth Norfolk

    Received 5 Apr 2013
  16. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/10/0526/F

    Proposed demolition of existing bungalow and erection of new bungalow and garage

    6 Beccles Road Bradwell Great Yarmouth NR31 8DF

    Received 20 Aug 2010
  17. Undecided06/25/0776/CD

    Discharge of Condition 5 of pp. 06/20/0498/O (Demolition of care home and erection of fourteen three storey houses with garaging at ground floor.) - Submission of surface water management strategy

    Abbeville Lodge Acle New Road Great Yarmouth NR30 1SE

    Received 25 Sept 2025
  18. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/00/0199/O

    Residential development

    Waters Lane Hemsby Great Yarmouth

    Received 10 Mar 2000
  19. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/02/0170/CU

    Change of use from agricultural land to grazing and new access drive *

    Shalimar off Low Road Martham Great Yarmouth NR29 4RE

    Received 22 Feb 2002
  20. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/22/0519/F

    Erection of replacement 2.3m tall black steel fence to boundary and installation of 6ft wooden fencing panels adjacent to Marine Terrace (Retrospective)

    Pops Meadow Pavilion Road Gorleston GREAT YARMOUTH NR31 6BY

    Received 6 Jun 2022
  21. REFUSED06/21/0946/M

    Prior approval application for proposed demolition of former farm buildings and erection of a new 30m x 18m x 8.1m cattle building

    The Willows Decoy Road Ormesby St Michael GREAT YARMOUTH NR29 3LZ

    Received 13 Nov 2021
  22. WITHDRAWN06/26/0577/PAD

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for 2 No. self-contained flats (under the provisions of Schedule 2 Part 3 Class G of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)).

    Clement House, Swanstons Road Great Yarmouth NR30 3NQ

    Received 14 Jul 2026
  23. APPROVE Conditions/Reasons06/03/0285/F

    Single storey conservatory at rear of building with brick dwarf wall *

    87 Wadham Road Gorleston Great Yarmouth NR31 7NX

    Received 31 Mar 2003
  24. REFUSED Conditions/Reasons06/26/0067/F

    Demolition of existing 3-bed bungalow; Erection of 10no. detached dwellings comprising 2no. 2-bedroom, 4no. 3-bedroom, and 1no. 4-bedroom and 3no. 5 bedroom dwellings with associated access road, garaging, parking, landscaping and associated works.

    Dovedale, Butt Lane Burgh Castle NR31 9PU

    Received 28 Jan 2026

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